diff --git a/vulnerabilities/api.py b/vulnerabilities/api.py
index 9a21832b4..30ca4cb9f 100644
--- a/vulnerabilities/api.py
+++ b/vulnerabilities/api.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from vulnerabilities.models import Vulnerability
 from vulnerabilities.models import VulnerabilityReference
 from vulnerabilities.models import VulnerabilitySeverity
+from vulnerabilities.models import Weakness
 from vulnerabilities.models import get_purl_query_lookups
 from vulnerabilities.throttling import StaffUserRateThrottle
 
@@ -121,6 +122,25 @@ class Meta:
         fields = ["url", "vulnerability_id", "summary", "references", "fixed_packages", "aliases"]
 
 
+class WeaknessSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
+    """
+    Used for nesting inside weakness focused APIs.
+    """
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Weakness
+        fields = ["cwe_id", "name", "description"]
+
+    def to_representation(self, instance):
+        """
+        Override to include 'weakness' only if it is not None.
+        """
+        representation = super().to_representation(instance)
+        if instance.weakness is None:
+            return None
+        return representation
+
+
 class VulnerabilitySerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
     fixed_packages = MinimalPackageSerializer(
         many=True, source="filtered_fixed_packages", read_only=True
@@ -129,6 +149,16 @@ class VulnerabilitySerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
 
     references = VulnerabilityReferenceSerializer(many=True, source="vulnerabilityreference_set")
     aliases = AliasSerializer(many=True, source="alias")
+    weaknesses = WeaknessSerializer(many=True)
+
+    def to_representation(self, instance):
+        representation = super().to_representation(instance)
+
+        # Exclude None values from the weaknesses list
+        weaknesses = representation.get("weaknesses", [])
+        representation["weaknesses"] = [weakness for weakness in weaknesses if weakness is not None]
+
+        return representation
 
     class Meta:
         model = Vulnerability
@@ -140,6 +170,7 @@ class Meta:
             "fixed_packages",
             "affected_packages",
             "references",
+            "weaknesses",
         ]
 
 
@@ -491,11 +522,12 @@ def get_queryset(self):
         to a custom attribute `filtered_fixed_packages`
         """
         return Vulnerability.objects.prefetch_related(
+            "weaknesses",
             Prefetch(
                 "packages",
                 queryset=self.get_fixed_packages_qs(),
                 to_attr="filtered_fixed_packages",
-            )
+            ),
         )
 
     serializer_class = VulnerabilitySerializer
diff --git a/vulnerabilities/models.py b/vulnerabilities/models.py
index 47785f322..2ebf47f16 100644
--- a/vulnerabilities/models.py
+++ b/vulnerabilities/models.py
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ def description(self):
         """Return the weakness's description."""
         return self.weakness.description if self.weakness else ""
 
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return {"cwe_id": self.cwe_id, "name": self.name, "description": self.description}
+
 
 class VulnerabilityReferenceQuerySet(BaseQuerySet):
     def for_cpe(self):
diff --git a/vulnerabilities/tests/test_api.py b/vulnerabilities/tests/test_api.py
index a0283eac8..f94fe80cb 100644
--- a/vulnerabilities/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/vulnerabilities/tests/test_api.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 from vulnerabilities.models import Vulnerability
 from vulnerabilities.models import VulnerabilityReference
 from vulnerabilities.models import VulnerabilityRelatedReference
+from vulnerabilities.models import Weakness
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 TEST_DATA = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "test_data")
@@ -197,6 +198,12 @@ def setUp(self):
             PackageRelatedVulnerability.objects.create(
                 package=pkg, vulnerability=self.vulnerability, fix=True
             )
+        self.weaknesses = Weakness.objects.create(cwe_id=119)
+        self.weaknesses.vulnerabilities.add(self.vulnerability)
+        self.invalid_weaknesses = Weakness.objects.create(
+            cwe_id=10000
+        )  # cwe not present in weaknesses_db
+        self.invalid_weaknesses.vulnerabilities.add(self.vulnerability)
 
     def test_api_status(self):
         response = self.csrf_client.get("/api/vulnerabilities/")
@@ -232,6 +239,13 @@ def test_api_with_single_vulnerability(self):
             ],
             "affected_packages": [],
             "references": [],
+            "weaknesses": [
+                {
+                    "cwe_id": 119,
+                    "name": "Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer",
+                    "description": "The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.",
+                },
+            ],
         }
 
     def test_api_with_single_vulnerability_with_filters(self):
@@ -253,6 +267,13 @@ def test_api_with_single_vulnerability_with_filters(self):
             ],
             "affected_packages": [],
             "references": [],
+            "weaknesses": [
+                {
+                    "cwe_id": 119,
+                    "name": "Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer",
+                    "description": "The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.",
+                },
+            ],
         }
 
 
diff --git a/vulnerabilities/tests/test_data/suse_oval/suse-oval-CVE-2008-5679-expected.json b/vulnerabilities/tests/test_data/suse_oval/suse-oval-CVE-2008-5679-expected.json
index 93469b4a0..471622f96 100644
--- a/vulnerabilities/tests/test_data/suse_oval/suse-oval-CVE-2008-5679-expected.json
+++ b/vulnerabilities/tests/test_data/suse_oval/suse-oval-CVE-2008-5679-expected.json
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
           "type": "rpm",
           "namespace": "opensuse",
           "name": "opera",
-          "version": null,
-          "qualifiers": null,
-          "subpath": null
+          "version": "",
+          "qualifiers": "",
+          "subpath": ""
         },
         "affected_version_range": "vers:rpm/<9.63-1.1",
         "fixed_version": null
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
     "weaknesses": [],
     "url": ""
   }
-]
+]
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